Senior public servants, political discrimination and dismissals
By: Spry, Max.
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ArticlePublisher: 2000Description: p.95-100.Subject(s): Civil service - Australia | Civil service
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Australian Journal of Public AdministrationSummary: In recent years literature on public administration in Australia has often referred to the increasing politicisation of both the federal and state public services. Increasingly, senior members of the bureaucracy are appointed on contract. Such contracts can often be terminated without the need to give reasons. Presumably some dismissals will be motivated by partisan, or party-political, considerations. Where this is so, what role might there be for anti-discrimination legislation, particularly that denying discrimination on the grounds of political belief or activity in the workplace? - Reproduced
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Volume no: 59, Issue no: 2 | Available | AR45693 |
In recent years literature on public administration in Australia has often referred to the increasing politicisation of both the federal and state public services. Increasingly, senior members of the bureaucracy are appointed on contract. Such contracts can often be terminated without the need to give reasons. Presumably some dismissals will be motivated by partisan, or party-political, considerations. Where this is so, what role might there be for anti-discrimination legislation, particularly that denying discrimination on the grounds of political belief or activity in the workplace? - Reproduced
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